Generation Z Mainland

Chapter 6 Mysterious Cave (3)

Seeing Zuo Qihan walking towards the cave alone, Zhang Hanrui frowned worriedly: "I'll go and take a look."

Zhang Guiyuan also prepared to stand up: "I'll go too."

Guan Junchen grabbed him and said, "Why are you going? Just let Zhang Hanrui go alone!"

Siyin looked at the direction Zhang Hanrui ran to: "It seems that they have a very good relationship."

Yu Junxi suddenly felt like there was someone missing around him, but he didn't think too much about it. Si Yin then said, "They didn't seem to get along at first, but who knew they would become such a close relationship later on."

Yang Hanbo continued, "It's like a song. I didn't like you the first time we met."

Everyone sang: "Who knew we would become so close later on? One of us is like summer, the other like autumn, yet we can always turn winter into spring~"

Siyin smiled and said, "Wow, you sing really well~"

Zhang Guiyuan said proudly: "Of course, we are art students!"

Yang Jiahao looked at Siyin's wrist and asked curiously, "Hey, sister, what are you wearing on your hand?"

Siyin looked down at the bracelet and said, "This is the bracelet that only the saints of our Miaojiang would wear. It's the symbol of the saint."

Yang Jiahao said in surprise: "Wow, sister, you are so amazing. What are the requirements of the Saint?"

Siyin looked at Jiahao gently and smiled: "I don't know about the requirements. Ever since I can remember, the witch in the village told me that I was the Holy Maiden of Miaojiang and must protect the Miao people. She taught me how to raise, use and remove poisons, and told me that a Holy Maiden cannot fall in love with people outside the village." As she spoke, her eyes looked towards the direction of the cave.

Zhang Guiyuan then asked, "I heard from Zhang Hanrui that you two have known each other for a long time? Can you tell us about his childhood?"

Siyin nodded. "He was very quiet when he was little, unlike the other boys in the village. He liked to be alone and read books quietly. Mom asked me to keep an eye on him, but I couldn't sit still, so I told him I'd secretly taught him a few simple witchcraft techniques. Later, our relationship gradually grew closer, but the day before I became a saint, which was last spring, he left the village."

Zhang Guiyuan, the curious child, asked again, "Then how did you get here?"

Yang Bowen patted Zhang Guiyuan on the shoulder and said, "You ask too many questions."

Si Yin smiled and shook her head. "It's okay. You might think it's a little untrue when I tell you this. When I went up the mountain to catch poisonous insects, I was bitten by a venomous snake. Not long after, I fainted. When I woke up, I wasn't in the village, but in this strange world. Later, I met them. You are my seniors, and then it was you."

Wei Zichen: "Is this fake?"

Haohao: "Oh my god! The snake's tooth marks are so deep!"

Ji Eun-han: "You can tell right away that he has no common sense, right? This bookworm is such a failure!"

Haohao: "? You iron chain, are you qualified?"

Zhi Enhan: "Who are you talking about?"

Haohao: "Oh no, you are not a chain, you are a coward, you hide back at the slightest sign of trouble."

Ji Eun-han: "Hey, hey! Are you looking for a fight? Fine!"

Haohao: "Speak clearly! Who is looking for a fight?"

Yu Junxi said helplessly: "Haohao! Come back!" A burst of energy released from the magic book sucked Haohao in.

Zhi Enhan: "Tsk!" As she said that, she flew into Zhang Hanrui's magic weapon.

Zhang Hanrui walked over to Zuo Qihan who was sitting on a rock and patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, don't be angry!"

Zuo Qihan suddenly yelled, "Don't touch me!"

Zhang Hanrui was startled: "No, what's wrong with you?"

Zuo Qihan glanced at him and said, "It's okay."

Zhang Hanrui asked puzzledly: "What are you doing?"

Zuo Qihan looked at the large stone wall at the end of the cave and said, "I just can't accept this for the time being."

Zhang Hanrui comforted him softly, "It's okay, there's always a way to solve it. Let's find a solution together."

Zuo Qihan shook his head: "Forget it, I don't want you to get involved in this matter at all."

Zhang Hanrui was silent for a moment and then said, "By the way, do you still remember what the teacher taught us in your first class?"

Zuo Qihan thought for a moment and said, "A single chopstick is easy to break, but a bunch of chopsticks is hard to break."

Zhang Hanrui nodded Zuo Qihan's head and said, "Yes, you said that if you go to find them alone and fail, and then something happens to you, then the Holy Flame will be gone, right? If the Holy Flame is gone, how can you find other elements? If you can't find other elements, then you can't maintain this place, don't you think?"

"But." Zuo Qihan lowered his head worriedly and said in a low voice.

"I know what you are worried about. Since we can't go back now, we might as well treat it as a big adventure. What do you think?" Zhang Hanrui said with a smile.

Seeing Zuo Qihan with his head down and no words, Zhang Hanrui pulled him up from the rock and said, "Alright, stop looking so sad. Let's go and play with them. Let's go, go, go!"

Zuo Qihan suddenly broke free from Zhang Hanrui's hand, and Zhang Hanrui stood there in a daze.

At this moment, Siyin came in and said, "Wait a moment, you two. I have something to say."

Zuo Qihan was confused: "Huh?"

Zhang Hanrui was overjoyed: "Have you found a way?"

Zuo Qihan looked at Zhang Hanrui and then at Siyin: "What are you two doing?"

Zhang Hanrui coughed dryly: "Let me explain... she bewitched us both."

Zuo Qihan was suddenly startled: "What is that? When? Where?" Then he looked around.

Si Yin said, "The night before you woke up, I asked Zhang Hanrui about it. He looked like he couldn't do it either. I wanted to help him at the time, and I also wanted you to be able to sense each other. But now I think I was reckless. I just thought of a way to remove it, but it may require a small price to pay."

Zuo Qihan was shocked: "What?"

Si Yin continued, "Because we need to kill the poisonous insects that have been placed in your bodies. If we kill only one of them, the other will die as well. I wonder who among you will bear this small price?"

Zhang Hanrui volunteered: "Let me do it! After all, I've been in the Miao village for a few years."

Zuo Qihan wanted to stop him: "Let me do it."

Zhang Hanrui waved his hand: "Forget it, your body has been seriously injured. What if she can detoxify it later..."

Si Yin couldn't stand it any longer: "Hey, hey, hey, what's that?! I've done this simple solution to the Heart-Shaping Gu many times, and I'm a Saint, don't you believe in the Saint's skills?"

Zhang Hanrui smiled and shook his head: "No, I just heard that removing this kind of poison would make people feel uncomfortable. His injuries haven't healed completely yet, so let's not do it. Let me do it."

Zuo Qihan's face was filled with worry: "Is it really possible? Arei?"

Zhang Hanrui smiled again and said, "Don't worry, trust Siyin. She is the descendant of the Saint, and a new generation of Saint."

Zuo Qihan was still worried, but Siyin had already begun preparations. Zuo Qihan dared not breathe the entire time. He saw Zhang Hanrui lying flat on a stone slab. He did not understand Siyin's series of operations, but drops of cold sweat oozed from Zhang Hanrui's forehead. Zuo Qihan wanted to go forward and gently wipe it for him. In order not to hinder Siyin, he wiped it twice with a handkerchief, but was pushed away a little by Zhang Hanrui's trembling right hand. Because before the detoxification, Siyin said that the detoxification process could not be interrupted, otherwise the worm could not be lured out and killed. It was unknown how long it took, but it seemed to Zuo Qihan and Zhang Hanrui that it was quite long. Siyin finally lured the insect out and suddenly killed it.

Siyin was just about to get some medicine to bandage Zhang Hanrui when a group of butterflies suddenly appeared around Zhang Hanrui and surrounded him. The light and energy emitted by the butterflies healed the wounds left by the poison he had just removed.

Half a minute later, the butterflies gradually disappeared, and a little elf flew out of Zhang Hanrui's magic weapon, and landed on the ground and turned into a handsome young man.

Zhi Enhan looked at Zhang Hanrui lying flat on the stone slab and said, "Butterflies, thank you for saving my brother."

Zuo Qihan looked at Siyin: "When will Zhang Hanrui wake up?"

Si Yin smiled and said, "Let him sleep for a while. He will wake up soon."

Zuo Qihan nodded: "Well, thank you, Siyin."

"It's okay, let's go. Do you want to stay here with him?" Siyin asked again.

"I'm here, you guys go out and rest for a while." Zhi Enhan said.

Zuo Qihan smiled dotingly: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Xiaozhi."

"Yes, sir!" Zhi Enhan saluted Zuo Qihan.

After Siyin and Zuo Qihan left, Zhienhan lay on the stone slab where Zhang Hanrui was lying, carefully looking at her brother's handsome face.

Suddenly, Zhang Hanrui coughed violently and tried to sit up with difficulty. Zhi Enhan quickly stood up and supported his back.

"Brother, you're awake! Thanks to the little butterflies, otherwise you wouldn't know when you would wake up!" Zhi Enhan helped Zhang Hanrui down from the stone slab.

"Where are Zuo Qihan and Siyin?" Zhang Hanrui asked.

"They went out." Zhi Enhan said.

"Let's go, let's go out too." Zhang Hanrui said as he walked out of the cave.

"Hey, brother, wait for me!" Zhi Enhan trotted to catch up with Zhang Hanrui and walked out of the cave.

Not far outside the cave, a group of people sat together, talking and laughing, as if they really intended to treat this accident as a big adventure.

Zuo Qihan looked at Zhang Hanrui and Zhi Enhan who were walking out of the cave and said with a smile, "Are you awake, Arui?"

Yang Bowen asked in confusion: "Ah? Zhang Hanrui, what's wrong with you?"

Before Zhang Hanrui could speak, Zhi Enhan rushed to say, "My brother suddenly felt a little sleepy just now, so he took a nap." After saying that, she looked at Siyin and smiled.

Siyin just smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Hanrui looked at Zuo Qihan and said, "You must remember what I just told you!"

Zuo Qihan nodded, smiled in Zhang Hanrui's direction, and said, "Okay! Got it!"

Zhang Hanrui just sat down when he saw Yu Junxi looking around: "Everyone, has anyone seen my brother Anxin?"

Zhang Hanrui was puzzled: "So, we haven't noticed him for a long time. Where is he?"

Yu Junxi shook his head: "I don't know, did you see it?"

Haohao was summoned out of the magic book again: "He ran away secretly without you knowing."

Yu Junxi was shocked: "What?"

Haohao added, "As for him, I noticed something was wrong with him since we were in the Dark Forest. It seemed like he was sending a message to someone."

Yu Junxi couldn't believe it: "No way, Brother Anxin doesn't look like that kind of person!"

Haohao rolled his eyes: "Tsk, who knows if he is an undercover sent by Yu Yuhan and the others!"

Ji Eun-han jokingly said, "Oh my, what happened to make Bookworm so angry?"

Haohao was so angry that he said, "You!"

Zuo Qihan suddenly patted Haohao's shoulder and said, "Haohao, come here for a moment. I have something to ask you."

Haohao withdrew his hand that was about to hit Zhi Enhan: "Oh." Then he followed Zuo Qihan to a nearby place.

Zuo Qihan faced Haohao and asked solemnly, "Haohao, do you... know where there's something that can prevent attribute conflicts?"

Haohao was slightly stunned: "Why are you asking this?"

Zuo Qihan thought for a while, then told Haohao what Yu Yuhan had said to him. Haohao's eyes widened in surprise: "What? You and Zhang Hanrui have mutually exclusive abilities!"

Zuo Qihan nodded: "Well, I don't know why, Yu Yuhan told me this, I don't know if it's true, and I'm very scared, so I don't dare to get too close to him."

After thinking it over, he said, "I only know one thing that can satisfy your idea, but..."

Zuo Qihan was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Haohao added, "That thing is hard to find in this world right now."

Zuo Qihan was slightly disappointed: "Ah? What is that?"

Haohao continued, "That's a tree whose trunk and branches are made of ice crystals. The light it emits has healing and energy-gathering effects. In the situation you just described, perhaps its light can be effective."

Zuo Qihan asked again: "Then is there any way we can find it?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "Finding something like this is a matter of luck. The ice crystal tree grows in a very special environment, and the surrounding climate is extremely cold. Plus, there are very few crystal trees left. And it's late autumn now, so I'm not sure if we can encounter an ice crystal tree. If we can, that would be great."

Zuo Qihan nodded: "Yes, I understand. Thank you, okay."

Haohao shook his head: "It's okay, Brother Zuo Qihan, are you feeling better?"

Zuo Qihan patted his head and said, "I'm much better now, thanks to you and Xiaozhi."

Haohao smiled gently and returned to the crowd side by side with Zuo Qihan.

As soon as the two returned to where everyone was, they heard Guan Junchen say, "Everyone, we still can't stay in one place for a long time. When will we find a way to return to our original world?"

Siyin stood up and agreed, "Brother Guan is right. We must keep moving forward."

Yu Junxi seemed to be lost in thought. Zhang Hanrui nodded and pulled Zhi Enhan to his feet. “Xiao Zhi, go to the front and see which way to go.”

Just as Zhi Enhan was about to go over, Haohao flapped his wings and flew ahead. A minute later, he flew back and said with surprise, "Everyone, I found a big castle ahead!"

Everyone was surprised to hear the news.

Everyone ran towards the direction Haohao mentioned and was stunned by the scene before them...

(To be continued)
(End of this chapter)